‘Hey scumbag’: Navy SEAL who shot bin Laden mocks Baghdadi and Schiff

By Ellie Bufkin

Published October 28, 2019 2:53pm ET

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‘Hey scumbag’: Navy SEAL who shot bin Laden mocks Baghdadi and Schiff — Retired Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill, 38, who says he shot and killed Osama bin Laden, is interviewed in Washington, Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. The former Navy SEAL says he was inspired to go public about his role after meeting with the families of people who died in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. | (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

The former Navy SEAL credited with firing fatal shots at al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden expressed his relief at the death of terrorist leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, calling the extremist head of the Islamic State a “scumbag.”

“Hey scumbag, tell bin Laden I said what’s up,” Robert J. O’Neill tweeted Sunday after President Trump shared news of a successful U.S. operation in Syria that led to Baghdadi’s death.

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